Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises:
A Compilation Project of the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Edited by
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter C.H. Pritchard, Peter Paul van Dijk,
Raymond A. Saumure, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and John B. Iverson

Chelonian Research Monographs – Number 5
Published by Chelonian Research Foundation

Published to date in 2008: 21 accounts plus checklist, 181 pages
Most recent account published on: 8 December 2008

Checklist

Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy. 000
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, and James F. Parham. 2008. 38 pp.

Species Accounts

Testudines
   Suborder Cryptodira
       Family Carettochelyidae
            Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay 1886 – Pig-Nosed Turtle, Fly River Turtle. 009
                      Arthur Georges, J. Sean Doody, Carla Eisemberg, Erika A. Alacs, and Mark Rose. 2008. 17 pp.
       Family Chelydridae
            Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758) – Common Snapping Turtle.
                      Ronald J. Brooks, Gregory P. Brown, and Richard C. Vogt. In prep.
            Macrochelys temminckii (Troost 1835) – Alligator Snapping Turtle.
                      Peter C.H. Pritchard. In prep.
     Family Dermatemydidae
            Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847 – Central American River Turtle, Tortuga Blanca, Hickatee.
                      Richard C. Vogt, John R. Polisar, and Don Moll. In prep.
       Family Emydidae
            Actinemys marmorata (Baird and Girard 1852) – Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle. 001
                      R. Bruce Bury and David J. Germano. 2008. 9 pp.
            Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783) – Painted Turtle.
                      Joseph C. Mitchell. In prep.
            Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille 1801) – Chicken Turtle. 014
                      Kurt A. Buhlmann, J. Whitfield Gibbons, and Dale R. Jackson. 2008. 6 pp.
            Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838) – Blanding’s Turtle. 015
                      Justin D. Congdon, Terry E. Graham, Tom B. Herman, Jeffrey W. Lang, Michael J. Pappas,
                      and Bruce J. Brecke. 2008. 12 pp.
            Glyptemys insculpta (Le Conte 1830) – Wood Turtle.
                      James H. Harding, John L. Behler, Ronald J. Brooks, Raymond A. Saumure, and Andrew D. Walde. In prep.
            Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand 1942 – Barbour’s Map Turtle.
                      Peter C.H. Pritchard. In prep.
            Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy 1992 – Escambia Map Turtle.
                      Jeffrey E. Lovich and C.J. McCoy. In prep.
            Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich and McCoy 1992 – Pascagoula Map Turtle.
                      Jeffrey E. Lovich and C.J. McCoy. In prep.
            Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle 1954 – Black-Knobbed Map Turtle, Black-Knobbed Sawback. 005
                      Emmett L. Blankenship, Brian P. Butterfield, and James C. Godwin. 2008. 6 pp.
            Pseudemys alabamensis (Baur 1893) – Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter, Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle. 019
                      Christopher J. Leary, James L. Dobie, Thomas M. Mann, Peter S. Floyd, and David H. Nelson. 2008. 9 pp.
            Pseudemys concinna (LeConte 1830) – River Cooter. 006
                      Joseph P. Ward and Dale R. Jackson. 2008. 7 pp.
            Pseudemys gorzugi Ward 1984 – Western River Cooter.
                      Joseph P. Ward. In prep.
            Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792) – Common Slider, Slider Turtle.
                      Don Moll, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and J. Whitfield Gibbons. In prep.
            Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt 1928) – Central Antillean Slider.
                      Michael E. Seidel and Karen A. Bjorndal. In prep.
       Family Geoemydidae
            Batagur affinis (Cantor 1847) – Southern River Terrapin.
                      Edward O. Moll, Eng Heng Chan, Peter Paul van Dijk, and Steven G. Platt. In prep.
            Batagur baska (Gray 1830) – Northern River Terrapin.
                      Edward O. Moll, Kalyar Platt, Peter Paul van Dijk, Peter Praschag, and Steven G. Platt. In prep.
            Batagur borneoensis (Schlegel and Müller 1844) – Painted Terrapin.
                      Edward O. Moll and Peter Paul van Dijk. In prep.
            Geoemyda japonica Fan 1931 – Ryukyu Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle, Okinawa Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle. 002
                      Yuichirou Yasukawa and Hidetoshi Ota. 2008. 6 pp.
            Mauremys japonica (Temminck and Schlegel 1835) – Japanese Pond Turtle. 003
                      Yuichirou Yasukawa, Takashi Yabe, and Hidetoshi Ota. 2008. 6 pp.
            Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834) – Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle.
                      Kent R. Beaman, Tien-Hsi Chen, and Shi Haitao. In prep.
            Rhinoclemmys annulata (Gray 1860) – Brown Wood Turtle, Neotropical Forest Turtle.
                      John L. Carr. In prep.
          Rhinoclemmys areolata (Duméril and Bibron 1851) – Furrowed Wood Turtle, Black-Bellied Turtle, Mojena.
                      Richard C. Vogt, Steven G. Platt, and Thomas R. Rainwater. In prep.
            Rhinoclemmys funerea (Cope 1876) – Black River Turtle.
                      Rafael A. Acuña-Mesén and Don Moll. In prep.
            Rhinoclemmys melanosterna (Gray 1861) – Colombian Wood Turtle.
                      John L. Carr. In prep.
       Family Kinosternidae
            Sternotherus carinatus (Gray 1856) – Razorback Musk Turtle, Razor-Backed Musk Turtle. 012
                      Peter V. Lindeman. 2008. 6 pp.
            Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 – Flattened Musk Turtle. 013
                      C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. 2008. 7 pp.
       Family Platysternidae
       Family Testudinidae
                   Dipsochelys arnoldi Bour 1982 – Arnold’s Giant Tortoise.
                      Justin Gerlach. In prep.
       Family Trionychidae
            Amyda cartilaginea (Boddaert 1770) – Asiatic Softshell Turtle, Siamese Softshell Turtle.
                      Peter A. Meylan, Edward O. Moll, and Peter Paul van Dijk. In prep.
            Apalone spinifera atra (Webb and Legler 1960) – Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatrociénegas Softshell,
            Tortuga Concha Blanda, Tortuga Negra de Cuatrociénegas. 021
                      Adrián Cerdá-Ardura, Francisco Soberón-Mobarak, Suzanne E. McGaugh, and Richard C. Vogt. 2008. 4 pp.
            Pelochelys cantorii Gray 1864 – Asian Giant Softshell Turtle. 011
                      Indraneil Das. 2008. 6 pp.
   Suborder Pleurodira
       Family Chelidae
            Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994 – Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle, McCord’s Snake-Necked Turtle, Kura-Kura Rote. 008
                      Anders G.J. Rhodin, Bonggi R. Ibarrondo, and Gerald Kuchling. 2008. 8 pp.
            Chelus fimbriata (Schneider 1783) – Matamata Turtle. 020
                      Peter C.H. Pritchard. 2008. 10 pp.
            Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan 1825) – Maximilian’s Snake-Necked Turtle, Brazilian Snake-Necked Turtle.
                      Franco L. Souza and Fernando I. Martins. In prep.
            Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock 1901 – Western Swamp Tortoise, Western Swamp Turtle.
                      Gerald Kuchling and Andrew A. Burbidge. In prep.
       Family Pelomedusidae
            Pelomedusa subrufa (Lacépède 1788) – Helmeted Turtle, Helmeted Terrapin. 007
                      Richard C. Boycott and Ortwin Bourquin. 2008. 6 pp.
            Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger 1812) – Adanson’s Mud Turtle. 017
                      Roger Bour. 2008. 4 pp.
            Pelusios castanoides intergularis Bour 1983 – Seychelles Yellow-Bellied Mud Turtle,
                 Seychelles Chestnut-Bellied Terrapin. 010
                      Justin Gerlach. 2008. 4 pp.
            Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 – Variable Mud Turtle, Variable Hinged Terrapin. 004
                      Donald G. Broadley and Richard C. Boycott. 2008. 3 pp.
            Pelusios seychellensis (Siebenrock 1906) – Seychelles Mud Turtle. 018
                      Roger Bour and Justin Gerlach. 2008. 3 pp.
            Pelusios subniger parietalis Bour 1983 – Seychelles Black Mud Turtle. 016
                      Justin Gerlach. 2008. 4 pp.
       Family Podocnemididae

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